You Jersey guys must know this place.

[polara71]

speaking as a "near" piney status myself, I never been there. Kearny is way up in North Jersey which might as well be NYC southern annex. Nothing but Exxon/Mobile oil refineries and soprano types driving Cadillac Escalades for as far as the eye can see.

You'd be more farmer than piney

 

[70NPORT]

Now you're getting it.

Don't get too happy. I can see what they were chasing at the time, but they went waaaay waay waaaaay over board with it....and then the two tone colors........people should have been arrested.

 

[70NPORT]

You'd be more farmer than piney

mmmmm...borderline, I guess your right. More surrounded by farming than anything else. However, just a quick drive headed east on rt. 45 and your out in Jersey Devil territory real fast.

 

[polara71]

45 or 40? The Devil is in the barrens Woodstown has no Devil

 

[bluefury361]

1957 thru 1961 was a really special era in automotive design/art...... I doubt anything like that will ever happen again...

 

[70NPORT]

45 or 40? The Devil is in the barrens Woodstown has no Devil

yea, I think that's rt.45. Right, no devil in Woodstown. Santa Claus is none to appear in those parts during Christmas time, though.

 

[polara71]

You doubt? You can guarantee it!!

 

[70NPORT]

1957 thru 1961 was a really special era in automotive design/art...... I doubt anything like that will ever happen again...

Yeah, "bullet" like running lamps, "bombette" in the front......think they were trying to get space borne, lol.

 

[1978 NYB]

1957 thru 1961 was a really special era in automotive design/art...... I doubt anything like that will ever happen again...

I totally agree. One of the most creative periods in automotive design.

 

[tbm3fan]

Yeah, "bullet" like running lamps, "bombette" in the front......think they were trying to get space borne, lol.

They were. Think October 1957 and what it set into motion right up to JFK on May 25, 1961. It was all the rage and I clearly remember it laying down in the backyard with binoculars at 10 PM. Much tended to revolve around space and rockets both good and bad. The good: travel to space. The bad: take cover exercises in school under the desks.

 

[commando1]

I totally agree. One of the most creative periods in automotive design.

I defy you not to be overwhelmed by what they were allowed to do during those glorious years.

 

[detmatt]

What a great time to be able to look back on.

 

[commando1]

What a great time to have been there.
I grew up in a 2 family. The tenants upstairs bought one of those.
Can you imagine what one of those did to a 9 year old's brain.
All the pot from 10 years later didn't even come close.

 

[1978 NYB]

Unfortunately.......I had no interest in those cars when I was a youngster. B-Bodies was my thing.

 

[commando1]

.......I had no interest in those cars when I was a youngster. B-Bodies was my thing.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that!
C's are like 25 year old Scotch. You eventually discover the taste.

 

[1978 NYB]

Absolutely nothing wrong with that!

LOL! Now I drool over C's and B's.

 

[Fratzog]

Absolutely nothing wrong with that!
C's are like 25 year old Scotch. You eventually discover the taste.

What a great analogy. Wish I had thought of it. Sadly too many prefer watered down lite beer their whole lives.

 

[commando1]

Fred: Ever drink this?
It's the only beer that will pass my lips.

It has ballz!!

 

[Fratzog]

Fred: Ever drink this?
It's the only beer that will pass my lips.

It has ballz!!

I will look for it. I've been sampling this recently. Pretty good stuff...
http://www.stiegl.at/en/stieglat/enjoy-stiegl/stiegl-products/stiegl-goldbraeu-74/

 

[cm23uoc]

Worst design of the 50s still surpasses the best of today, and these 58 Buick Limited models are among the weakest IMHO, 58 GM in general, that's the end of Earl's tenure when he lost touch after 30 years of being practically fail safe.